Document picture of R Praggnanandhaa.© Twitter
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa held fancied American participant Fabiano Caruana to a draw within the first tournament of the semifinals of the FIDE Global Cup chess event in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. The 17-year used Praggnanandhaa waged a gritty fight in opposition to the American to proportion the honours in 78 strikes. Having drawn Saturday’s stumble upon with dark items, the Indian GM now has the good thing about enjoying with white on Sunday. In the meantime, global deny.1 Magnus Carlsen took a large step in opposition to the overall by way of beating native favourite Nijat Abasov in tournament 1 of the two-game classical form.
By way of changing into simplest the second one Indian later mythical Vishwanathan Anand to succeed in the semifinals of the Global Cup, Praggnanandhaa booked a place within the Applicants tournament in 2024 to decide the challenger to Ding Liren.
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